{"id":2447893,"date":"2019-08-22T22:56:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/bonilla-leads-basalt-boys-soccer-over-aspen-in-season-opener\/"},"modified":"2019-08-22T22:56:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T04:56:00","slug":"bonilla-leads-basalt-boys-soccer-over-aspen-in-season-opener-win-2-1-in-overtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/bonilla-leads-basalt-boys-soccer-over-aspen-in-season-opener-win-2-1-in-overtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonilla leads Basalt boys soccer over Aspen in season opener, win 2-1 in overtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.8898305084746\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-311669-578\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Teammates surround Gaby Bonilla, center, after he scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Basalt High School boys soccer team on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Aspen. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Teammates surround Gaby Bonilla, center, after he scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Basalt High School boys soccer team on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Aspen. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1.jpg\" alt=\"Teammates surround Gaby Bonilla, center, after he scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Basalt High School boys soccer team on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Aspen. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-4.jpg\" alt=\"The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-5.jpg\" alt=\"The Aspen High School boys soccer team hosts Basalt in its season opener on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Basalt's Gaby Bonilla celebrates his winning goal against the Aspen High School boys soccer team on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"12\">\n<p><strong>Basalt&#8217;s Gaby Bonilla celebrates his winning goal against the Aspen High School boys soccer team on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/08\/soccer-atd-082319-1-6.jpg\" alt=\"Basalt's Gaby Bonilla celebrates his winning goal against the Aspen High School boys soccer team on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the AHS turf. The Longhorns won 2-1 in overtime. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/bonilla-leads-basalt-boys-soccer-over-aspen-in-season-opener\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/bonilla-leads-basalt-boys-soccer-over-aspen-in-season-opener\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">The season opener for the Aspen High School boys soccer team against Basalt had all the usual drama expected out of the rivalry, with the Longhorns playing spoiler on the Skiers\u2019 new turf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Behind two goals from senior Gaby Bonilla, Basalt snuck out a 2-1 overtime victory over Aspen on Thursday. It was the first win for BHS on Aspen\u2019s field since the 2015 season, before any of the current players were in high school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cTo be playing Aspen, the arch rivals, new field, lights, a little bit of weather \u2014 it\u2019s kind of a classic Aspen-Basalt game,\u201d Basalt coach Brent Hayes said. \u201cAspen played really well. I think we played really well. Both teams had lapses. Both teams had chances. Just super fun. A really fun way to start the season. It was just good soccer all the way around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bonilla gave the Longhorns a 1-0 lead about 15 minutes into the game and behind a stellar performance by senior goalie Mateo Salazar in net it looked like that might end up being the final score. However, Aspen was awarded a penalty kick with three minutes to play in regulation and junior Landon Kiker was able to put the ball past Salazar to force overtime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe played really well,\u201d Aspen coach Dave Francis said. \u201cI thought in the first half we were struggling in some areas of the field. Our connections through midfield to the forwards, we were a little hurried trying to go to goal. But in the second half I thought we connected much better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bonilla struck again in overtime, fighting his way past a pair of AHS defenders in much the same way he scored his first goal to get the game winner. The last time the two teams played in Aspen, the Skiers ran away with a 6-1 victory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt was just muscling people out of the way,\u201d Hayes said of Bonilla\u2019s goal. \u201cI need him to step up. We lost our leading scorer, who scored pretty much all of our goals last year. It was fun to see him score a couple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The game was the first on Aspen\u2019s new state-of-the-art turf field, which was installed over the summer. But the loss was hardly a concern to Francis, who liked what he saw from his players.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI thought we played really good soccer,\u201d Francis said. \u201cSome of the best soccer I\u2019ve seen early season from any team I\u2019ve had. That side is really pleasing to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen (0-1) won\u2019t play again until traveling to Monarch on Sept. 14. AHS is off next week for experiential education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The win was critical for the Longhorns (1-0), who have a brutal early-season schedule. BHS next plays Roaring Fork, ranked preseason No. 5 in 3A, on Aug. 30. After that it\u2019s a trip to Western Slope League powerhouse Coal Ridge before a date with preseason No. 1 Kent Denver at the Sun Devils tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s got to be one of the toughest schedules in the state,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cIf we come out 3-2, that would be awesome. If we are 2-3 we are still right there in the hunt because league hasn\u2019t started yet. This has got to be huge. I saw some fire that I haven\u2019t seen in some of these guys at the end there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>ASPEN, BASALT GOLF COMPETE THURSDAY IN MONTROSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Aspen High School boys golf team competed Thursday at the Cobble Creek Invitational, hosted by Montrose, where it finished fourth overall with a collective 25-over 241. Montrose won the tournament with 211, followed by runner-up Durango (223) and third-place Palisade (235). Basalt was ninth with 250.<\/p>\n<p>Micah Stangebye (5-under 67) and Jordan Jennings (69), both from Montrose, finished first and second, respectively. Aspen\u2019s top finisher was Andrew Vallone, who tied for 14th after shooting 79. John Hall was a shot back in a tie for 17th place.<\/p>\n<p>Blake Exelbert led the Longhorns by also tying for 17th place with 80.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/bonilla-leads-basalt-boys-soccer-over-aspen-in-season-opener\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teammates surround Gaby Bonilla, center, after he scored the game-winning goal in overtime for the Basalt High School boys soccer team on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019, in Aspen. 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